Julius Caesar and the foundation of the Roman imperial system . CHAPTER II. BOYHOOD DURING THE CIVIL WARS—EARLIEST POLITICAL EXPERIENCES. 89-82 E saw that in the year of Caesarsbirth, Marius, his aunts hus-band, was at the height ofhis mihtary glory. It was inthat summer that he utterlydestroyed a vast host ofwandering Germans, who forseveral years had been im-perilling the very existenceof the Roman Empire in theWest. The battle was fought at Aquae Sextiae (Aixin southern France), in the same Gallic provincewhich Caesar himself was destined to rule so long,and to protect, like his uncle
Julius Caesar and the foundation of the Roman imperial system . CHAPTER II. BOYHOOD DURING THE CIVIL WARS—EARLIEST POLITICAL EXPERIENCES. 89-82 E saw that in the year of Caesarsbirth, Marius, his aunts hus-band, was at the height ofhis mihtary glory. It was inthat summer that he utterlydestroyed a vast host ofwandering Germans, who forseveral years had been im-perilling the very existenceof the Roman Empire in theWest. The battle was fought at Aquae Sextiae (Aixin southern France), in the same Gallic provincewhich Caesar himself was destined to rule so long,and to protect, like his uncle, from barbarian year (loi ), in conjunction with the aristo-crat Catulus, Marius destroyed another army ofinvaders, who had penetrated by the Brenner Passinto northern Italy, and were actually within a few 20 82 ] Boyhood during the Civil Wars. 21 days march of Rome. Italy was saved, and theconqueror was elected consul for the sixth succes-sive year. It is hard for us to appreciate the full value ofthese victories. We are apt to think of the RomanEmpire as a system of marvellous stability, and ofRome as the Eternal City.
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